ENRAGEMENT TO ENGEGEMENT: Towards Sustained Parent Power Themes in the News for the week of Dec. 6-10, 2010 By UCLA IDEA | http://bit.ly/9k0ADx 12-10-2010 - This week, hundreds of parents whose children attend McKinley Elementary School in Compton petitioned the Compton Unified School District to convert ...
NEW DROPOUT RATE IN QUESTION: CALPADS delays complicate districts' work By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess | http://bit.ly/eaEZpA The state Department of Education reported a sizable uptick in the dropout rate this week, leading to speculation that school budget cuts, the high school exit exam, or – choose your speculation ...
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS MUST FOLLOW PHYS. ED. LAW, COURT RULES Mark Walsh – School Law writer for Ed Week | http://bit.ly/hQVxq5 December 10, 2010 - Usually, there's a kid who will do anything to get out of physical education class. But in California, one elementary student and his father have sued their school ...